Artificial bait.



E. J. MAUS.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1914.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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EDWARD J. MAUS, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application flied January 23, 1911. Serial No. 818,925.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

lb all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enwnnn J osnrn Mans, a citizen of the United States, residing at Joliet, -in the county of W'ill and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Im rovements in Artificial Bait; and I do here y declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descr' tion of the invention, such as will enable ot ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to artificial minnows, and one of the rincipal objects of the a floating minnow.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an artificial minnow comprising a number of sections connected. together by a fiexible cord which may be renewed whenever desired or whenever the cord becomes injured or broken.

These and other objects may be attained by means oi the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of an artificial minnow made in accordance with this invention, the head of the minnow being shown in full lines in one osition and in dotted lines in the other position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with a portion broken away to illustrate the cord for hinging thesections of the body portion, and Fig. 3 is'a detail sectional vie-w taken on the line 33 of Fig. '2. I

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the head member of the minnow asan entirety, and] 2 is the tail member 5 thereof. The head member 1 is provided with a concave, oblique or inclined-front surface 3, having a curved sharp edge 4, and

i a somewhat curvedand flattenededge 5.

Formed integral-with the head portion, is a neck or extension 6, which is substantially circular in cross section, and connected to the rear end of the extension 6 is a block or member 7. The head 1 is connected to the member 7 by a screw-threaded hook shank '8 which extends longitudinally through the head and into said member 7. The hook ort-ion'9 is for the attachment of. the fishing ine. The articulated sections 10 of the body of the; minnow are provided with diverging i front shrfaces 11. The tail member 12 is provided with diverging front surfaces 13 and a lane. somewhat circular rear face 14. The tall 2 is connected to the member 12 bya screw threaded shank 15 having an eye 16 formed on its outer end. The cords 17 for connecting the articulated members of the minnow together, ,extend through the memto-the head member 1 at one of'their ends and to the tail member 2 at their other ends. These cords may be withdrawn upon removing thehead and tail members,-and a new ,bers and the endsof the cords are connected cord or cords inserted in their place. The

hooks 18 may be connected in any suitable manner to the .various sections or parts of' the minnow.

The artificial minnow may be made of wood or any suitable material of sufficient buoyancy and may be painted to represent a minnow of any desired character.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that when the head member 1 is disposed in-th e position shown in full'lines in Fig. 1, and the minnow is properly manipulated b th e rod or reel, the minnow will have a ten ency to float on the water owing to the inclined surface 3 for the impact of the water. When the headnnember is rotated upon the screw' threaded shank 8 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and when the line is pulled the fish or minnow will dive and continue in an inclined course through the water owing to the position of the surface 3 of the head and the impact of the Water thereon.- The hooks shown in Fig. 1 at the to of the'artificial minnow may be connect at the bottom of the de-.

minnow, the movements of the articulated members 10 will simulate the natural move ments of av minnow. I e

Various changes may'be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as dofined in the claims.

What is claimed 15:-

' 1. An artificialminnow provided with a pivoted and adjustable head, said head havmg an inclined and concave front surface, a plurality of sections having cut-away portions providing diverging side surfaces, said sections and head being connected together by means of a cord'extending through the sections and connected to the head and tail members of the. minnow.

2. An artificial minnow comprising a series of sections connected together by a flexible cord, said sections being cut away at their opposite sides to permit the minnow to articulate in the water, said minnow having a head portion pivoted on a longitudinally disposed pin and provided with an inclined and concave front surface, said head memher being reversible to dive or float, and a tail member provided with conver ing side surfaces and a threaded rod exten ing into the tail section and provided with a loop for the connection of a duplex hook.

In testimony whereof I- afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD JQMAUS.

Witnesses MARGARET Ni-zLsox,

ANNA NELSON. 

